And I'd betcha tat the vast majority of these "judgments" came about because the defendant never appeared and thus lost by default, and I'd also betcha tat most of the rest (not quite all ...) would be overturned on appeal.
Oh, and that the defendants don't have much in the way of attachable resources, either.
Criminal complaint about defamation? That's, umm, interesting.
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